Jane Shetterly, a high school teacher with the West Contra Costa County Unified School District, was arrested Sunday by Martinez police.
Last year during Memorial Day weekend, 78 percent of Californians who were killed in a crash were not wearing a seatbelt, according to CHP.
Three boys were playing stickball with a burning tennis ball and ignited the destructive Martinez blaze, Con Fire said.
A home, a storage yard and at least a dozen cars burned in the fast-moving fire Wednesday afternoon on Cambark Court.
The wind-driven vegetation fire broke out north of I-680 near Waterbird Way, Con Fire said.
The blaze in unincorporated Contra Costa County was "potentially arson" and caused $150,000 in property damage, fire officials said.
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff is hosting DEA Drug Take-Back events Saturday at six locations, including in Martinez.
The fatal incident happened in the 1800 block of Arnold Drive.
The Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff said it "is committed to full transparency of all the facts" in the death of Tyrell Wilson.
Officers from Martinez and Pleasant Hill surrounded the store and the two teenage suspects were immediately apprehended, police said.
Three people were injured in the crash police said was caused by a Contra Costa County man participating in a large, moving sideshow.
The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District has determined what caused the deadly fire.
A man who lived on the boat was unaccounted for after the fire.
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District had a busy 30 days, making arrests in fires at a mall, a golf course and several other places.
The man lived on the boat and his vehicle was still parked at the marina, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said.
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The fatal collisions happened Wednesday near Alhambra Avenue.
Police traced a man wanted for murder in the fatal shooting of a Pittsburg man to a motel in Martinez.
The glaring exception to these positive numbers was vehicle thefts, which were up in Martinez by more than 57 percent in 2020.
Speeds reached 100 mph during the pursuit.
A trio suspected of stealing $4,000 in clothes from a Sonoma County store has been identified in thefts in three other counties, police say.
The fatal collision was on Pacheco Boulevard at Wygal Drive, the California Highway Patrol said.
The man's friend called police to report his death.
The inmate was hospitalized for injuries suffered in a fight, then held in a negative airflow room at the jail pending COVID test results.
Detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
Police found one man suffering from a gunshot wound; three others then showed up at a hospital with stab wounds.
Firefighters and aircraft resources were responding to the 10 acre "Crocket Fire" in Contra Costa County Saturday.
The Airbus H-145 helicopter is expected to play a key role in battling any fires that erupt during red flag warning fire weather periods.
Although most kids are not going trick or treating for Halloween because of COVID-19, parents can still take inventory of the neighborhood.
Chase ends in fatal jump, senior goes missing for 24+ hours, $409K drug device, PPP fraud & more police & fire news this week from the area.
The 32-year-old suffered surgery complications at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, the sheriff's office said.
Railway crossing & trespassing incidents in U.S. and Canada seriously injure or kill more than 2,100 people a year, sheriff's office said.
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Concord police had circulated the disturbing video, of what appeared to be an aggressive assault, in hopes of a suspect identification.
The accident was Saturday outside San Ramon's city limits, with witnesses reporting possible reckless driving, the CHP said.
Suspects were booked in the cases - one involving two cars set afire on Highway 4 in Martinez and another in Antioch, officials said.
A Martinez man is suspected in the killing of a Fairfield man at Safeway in American Canyon, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said.
Helder Almeida, 36, is suspected of attacking a 61-year-old fellow inmate at the Deuel Vocational Institution near Tracy.
The blaze broke out near Carquinez Scenic Drive and Regional Shoreline Park, according to Cal Fire.
That public notice, critics said, has allowed ICE officials to apprehend some people outside the jail upon their release.